JUST three days after his 68th birthday, Johannes Moolman was found dead, his frail, bruised body placed back in his bed and covered with a blanket.
Neighbours were concerned last Saturday when Hans, as he was known, had by late morning not emerged from his room on a property in Mevamhlope and upon inspection, his body was found.
Hans had been strangled to death, an autopsy would later reveal, his arms covered in bruises caused by what appears to have been attempts to fend off his attackers.
While the exact motive for the murder remains speculative, his family believes he interrupted a burglary at the house on the property where he lived, in the early hours of last Saturday morning.
Read the full story in the ZO Monday edition.
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